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Offline Wrex22

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Clay bar lube
« on: 16 July 2018, 22:12 »
What does everyone else use instead of buying a dedicated spray to use when clay baring? Car shampoo and water mix?

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Re: Clay bar lube
« Reply #1 on: 16 July 2018, 23:31 »
What does everyone else use instead of buying a dedicated spray to use when clay baring? Car shampoo and water mix?

Yes, a lubricious shampoo solution.
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Re: Clay bar lube
« Reply #2 on: 17 July 2018, 08:27 »
Have you tried a clay mitt? So much easier, just dunk it into a bucket of strong shampoo mixture. You could always use to 2BM to ensure the debris goes into the second bucket. I think that mitts are better too, as you spread the pressure you apply over a larger surface area, rather than the small area between pinched fingers and thumbs. To my mind, that means less chance of marring.
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Re: Clay bar lube
« Reply #3 on: 17 July 2018, 09:41 »
Ours can be used with either a specific lube or shampoo.

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Re: Clay bar lube
« Reply #4 on: 19 July 2018, 15:54 »
Cheers guys I’ll look at getting a mit seems the easier of the 2 options when claying